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- 1916-1918 (Création/Production)
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William Varley was a quaker and conscientious objector from New Earswick, York. He refused to join the Army Reserve where men were conscripted under the Military Service Act of 1916. He was later sent to prison to serve a sentance for disobeying the command of his Superior Officer when ordered to put on a uniform. While in prison he continued to campaign for the rights of conscientious objectors. In November of 1916 William Varley accepted work of national importance and left prison to do this in January 1917.
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Collection contains papers relating to William Varley a conscientious objector from York. Includes postcards, letters and other correspondence relating to his imprisonment for objection against conscription as well as newpaper cuttings relating to the death of another conscientious objector and Varley himself. Also includes a pamphlet entitled "Sonnets from Prison".
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Language of material
- anglais